δικαίωσις
dikaiōsis · justification
Greek word · Strong’s number G1347 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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dikaiōsis (δικαίωσις) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “justification”.
The act of declaring someone righteous, acquittal.
How to say it
di·kai·ō·sis
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- God acquitting the guilty and counting them just.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
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Where it appears
- Romans 4:25
who was handed over for our trespasses and was raised for our declaration of righteousness.
- Romans 5:18
So then, as through one trespass the result for all people was condemnation, so also through one act of righteousness the result for all people is a declaration of righteousness of life.